Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
THE OAS AND THE WORLD BANK LAUNCH THE “CARIBBEAN EMERGENCY LEGISLATION PROJECT”
January 12, 2009
The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), with the support of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), launched today the Caribbean Emergency Legislation Project (CELP), and held the project’s First Steering Committee Meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The CELP will assess current legal and institutional frameworks applicable under a state of emergency in the Dominican Republic and eleven CARICOM member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago; with the objective of providing a set of recommendations for the implementation of clear and transparent procedures for natural disaster response in the Caribbean.
In furthering the project’s objective, a Steering Committee has been established to provide policy advice on meeting the priorities of the project. The Committee is comprised of high level natural disaster, legal, and budget experts from across the Caribbean who represent various government agencies and institutions including the: CARICOM Secretariat, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, OECS Secretariat, Offices of Disaster Preparedness and Management, Ministries of Finance, University of the West Indies, and Caribbean Development Bank.
During the meeting, the project methodology was formally introduced and discussed by the Steering Committee members. In his opening remarks, Cletus Springer, Director of the OAS/DSD, highlighted the relevance of the project in addressing legal issues related to natural disasters with an integrated approach, and in engaging key stakeholders.